Lundin Gold Resumes at Fruta Del Norte
Lundin Gold steps up at first phases for restart of operations at Fruta Del Norte are well underway. The Company has shipped all of the concentrate and doré that had been stored at site since the suspension of operations on March 22, 2020. In addition, reagents, spare parts and other supplies that had been accumulating at the port of Guayaquil are being transported to site.
On May 15, 2020, Ecuador's national government issued COVID-19 protocols that set out health and safety guidelines for the mining industry in order to enable operations to restart. In addition, the government established logistics corridors that facilitate transportation for the mining industry.
"The reestablishment of transportation corridors was an important first step in our plan to restart operations at the Mine," said Ron Hochstein, President and CEO of Lundin Gold. "We are in the last stages of finalizing the restart of our operations, which is expected to occur early in the third quarter of this year."
In addition, with the opening of the logistics corridors, the work of the South Ventilation Raise has begun. The Company expects to release further details regarding the start of production within the next few weeks. Fruta Del Norte Steps to Resume!
